Retro-Greening A Single Source Solution
We Provide a Single Source Solution to your Sustainable Needs. What is a Green Retrofitting?
Retro-greening is a process to help building owners maximize operational efficiency while minimizing environmental impacts.
Why is Retrofitting Important? Existing buildings are responsible for over 40% of the world’s total primary energy consumption.
Analysis of many new buildings indicates that their performance significantly deteriorates in the first three years of operation (some say by as much as 30%) even for those designed as high energy efficient sustainable buildings. Typical investments on energy efficient building upgrades return a 15% or greater reduction on utility and operating cost. These investments consistently net a return on investment of 10% or more.
How is This Achieved?
Through an initial energy audit of the current facilities, Bovis Lend Lease will suggest custom energy solution strategies to fit your specific needs. An energy solution package will outline possible improvements, that will leverage all available energy incentives and rebates.
What Are Benefits of a Green Building?
LEED buildings command rent premiums per square foot over their non-LEED peers and have a higher percent of occupancy. In resale, both Energy Star and LEED buildings are selling for greater per square foot rates than their counterparts. Green buildings also have a bottom line benefit, including lower operating costs via reduced energy and water utility bills, and reduced
maintenance and replacement costs due to greater durability of materials. This, in turn, results in improved occupant health and comfort which can lead to higher productivity, less absenteeism, and reduced insurance costs and liability risk.
What Bovis Lend Lease Brings to the Process?
Bovis Lend Lease can provide a turnkey solution starting with analysis to the execution of providing an improved energy efficient building. Our services can be tailored specifically to meet your needs and can help implement sustainable solutions for a single building to an entire portfolio of buildings.
Green Buildings are the Right Solutions Whether upgrading existing locations or pursuing LEED Certification, Bovis Lend Lease Multi-Site Group can help guide you through the process. Plug and Play A one-for-one solution that improves your facilities with minimal alterations. Repair and Replace A more in-depth solution that reviews current systems to provide greater efficiencies. Full Greening A comprehensive solution to harvest the greatest savings available.
Assess
Propose
Assess
The first step towards retrogreening is a complete assessment of current facilities. We will perform a comprehensive audit of energy use, building systems, and daily operations to generate a baseline analysis. This initial assessment is a green starting point which will identify opportunities for improvements that will help green your operation and save you money.
Propose
From the findings of the assessment, our team will work with your operations team to select the right combination of improvements for your business. By analyzing energy calculations, we will model the possible cost savings streams that can be harvested. We will provide a scorecard to help determine the extent of the improvements and, if preferred, steps to achieve a LEED certified building.
Design
Permit
Design
Once a combination of solutions are selected, Bovis Lend Lease will generate a detailed design to define the improvements. With specific design criteria established, we can determine available incentives and rebates that are possible along with specific return on investment data.
Permit
Our project team will take care of all necessary zoning and building permits required for the project, along with managing, tracking, and submitting all required documents for the LEED certification process. We will also manage all tax rebate and rebate applications to gather the greatest cost savings.
Deliver
Measure
Deliver
From product procurement to project close out and everything in between, our team will be a single source to execute the project. During the execution of the work, we will minimize disruption of your facility(s), while providing cost, quality control, and schedule management. When the project is complete, we will pay the contractors and vendors and consolidate all project costs into one application for payment.
Measure
At project completion, our team will confirm the performance of the upgrades and verify the initial savings are realized. Along with verification, continued monitoring is essential to maintain the energy performance of the building.
Bovis Lend Lease, Inc. One North Wacker Drive Suite 850 Chicago, IL 60606 www.bovislendlease.com
David MacDonald Senior Vice President Multi-Site Group david.macdonald@bovislendlease.com Telephone 312 423 1310 Kurt Lorenz Vice President Multi-Site Group kurt.lorenz@bovislendlease.com Telephone 312 396 5592
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Bovis Lend Lease is part of the Lend Lease group, a leading global real estate services business, having developed, constructed and managed real estate assets around the world for over 50 years. Atlanta | Boston | Charlotte | Chicago | Columbus | Dallas | Los Angeles | Miami | Nashville | New York Orlando | Princeton | Raleigh | San Francisco | Tampa | Upstate New York | Washington, DC October 2009